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'''Honeysuckle Media, Inc.''' is an American media company based in [[New York City|New York]] that publishes print and digital content. Founded in 2013 by filmmaker, journalist and publisher Ronit Pinto, Honeysuckle is known for reportage on controversial subjects and personal testimony.<ref>"Meet Ronit Pinto, the woman behind the media powerhouse Honeysuckle." Aspioneer. https://aspioneer.com/meet-ronit-pinto-the-woman-behind-the-media-powerhouse-honeysuckle/</ref> Its chief verticals are racial politics and social justice, gender and sexuality, culture, and [[cannabis]].
'''Honeysuckle''' is an award-winning [[American Media|American media company]] based in [[New York]]. It focuses on popular culture and publishes internationally distributed print editions and [[digital content]] through its [[flagship magazine]] and a cannabis-exclusive sister publication, Honey Pot. Founded in [[Detroit, Michigan]] in 2013 by [[filmmaker]], [[journalist]] and [[publisher]] '''Ronit Pinto'''<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/podcast/015-ronit-pinto|title=Ronit Pinto, Founder, Honeysuckle Magazine|website=Thinking Outside The Bud}}</ref>,Honeysuckle first came to public awareness for its coverage of fringe, underground reporting from a personal testimony perspective. Today it is recognized for hard-hitting socially-conscious content, provocative [[photography]], and visually [[Artwork|stimulating artwork]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honeysucklemag.com/health-justice-in-the-prison-system/|title=On the Need for Health Justice in the Prison System|date=August 10, 2020}}</ref> The company was honored with a [[New York State Assembly|New York State Assembly Citation]] award by [[Inez Dickens|Inez E. Dickens]] of the 70th District, and a Certificate of Recognition from New York State Senator [[Brian Benjamin]], for “a progressive stance on social and economic issues plaguing our society” in 2019.
Notable features have included cover stories on Spike Lee, [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[Alan Cumming]] and [[Kirsten Dunst]], [[Steve DeAngelo]] as well as exclusive interviews with figures such as Congressman [[John Lewis]], [[Holly Hunter|actress Holly Hunter]], and the last interview of adult film performer [[Candida Royalle]]){{cn}}
In recent years Honeysuckle has been responsible for a number of milestones bridging the gap between mainstream culture and marginalized communities such as the cannabis and hemp communities and topics dealing with prison reform. Honeysuckle was one of the first cultural publications allowed to cover Marijuana Business Conference, the largest international cannabis industry trade show, in 2017.<ref name="auto2"/> The company spearheaded a campaign that placed cannabis ads on Times Square billboards for the first time in history. The campaign was policy changing and included fifteen partner brands such including Dasheeda Dawson, founder and [[CEO]] of cannabis business and marketing strategies firm The [http://WeedHead WeedHead]. Through the power of [[journalism]], Honeysuckle aided in the compassionate release of a female inmate.


==History==
==History==
Ronit Pinto founded Honeysuckle in 2013. Then based in Detroit, the publication was digital-only and centered on provocative arts, culture, and film. After the relocation of its headquarters to New York, Honeysuckle began publishing print editions in 2015, the first featuring a Detroit punk artist. Subsequent print and digital platform expansion led to national and international distribution by 2018. At the same time, the brand garnered attention for its coverage of the legal cannabis industry and legalization movements. In 2021, ''Green Market Report'' named Honeysuckle among the top Cannabis Print Publications.<ref>Borchardt, Debra. "The Top Print Publications in the Cannabis Industry." ''Green Market Report''. June 8, 2021. https://www.greenmarketreport.com/the-top-print-publications-in-the-cannabis-industry/</ref>
Ronit Pinto founded Honeysuckle in 2013.<ref>"Ronit Pinto, Founder, Honeysuckle Magazine." ''Thinking Outside the Bud'' podcast. October 2019. https://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/podcast/015-ronit-pinto</ref> Then based in [[Detroit]], the publication was digital-only and centered on provocative arts, culture, and film. After the relocation of its headquarters to New York, Honeysuckle began publishing print editions in 2015, the first featuring a Detroit punk artist. Subsequent print and digital platform expansion led to national and international distribution by 2018. At the same time, the brand garnered attention for its coverage of the legal cannabis industry and legalization movements.<ref>"HoneyPot-Heads, Interview with Honeysuckle Magazine founder Ronit Pinto." ''New Hemp Times'' podcast. November 1, 2019. https://shows.acast.com/new-hemp-times/episodes/33-honeypot-heads-interview-with-honeysuckle-magazine-founde</ref><ref>"8 Women Leading the Charge in Cannabis Innovation." ''Cannabis Maven''.</ref><ref>Ogles, Jacob. "Selling cannabis or hemp on Times Square? Florida company makes marketing history." Florida Politics. January 27, 2019. https://floridapolitics.com/archives/286565-selling-cannabis-on-times-square-florida-company-makes-marketing-history/</ref>

In 2021, ''Green Market Report'' named Honeysuckle among the top Cannabis Print Publications.<ref>Borchardt, Debra. "The Top Print Publications in the Cannabis Industry." ''Green Market Report''. June 8, 2021. https://www.greenmarketreport.com/the-top-print-publications-in-the-cannabis-industry/</ref>


Notable features have included [[Spike Lee]], [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[Alan Cumming]], [[Kirsten Dunst]], [[Holly Hunter]], [[Laganja Estranja]], Congressman [[John Lewis]], and veteran cannabis advocates [[Steve DeAngelo|Steve and Andrew DeAngelo]], as well as the last interview of adult film performer [[Candida Royalle]].
Notable features have included [[Spike Lee]], [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[Alan Cumming]], [[Kirsten Dunst]], [[Holly Hunter]], [[Laganja Estranja]], Congressman [[John Lewis]], and veteran cannabis advocates [[Steve DeAngelo|Steve and Andrew DeAngelo]], as well as the last interview of adult film performer [[Candida Royalle]].

Revision as of 02:35, 29 July 2021

Honeysuckle Media (Magazine)
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryDigital content creation
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013) in Detroit, Michigan
FounderRonit Pinto
HeadquartersNew York
Area served
Worldwide
Websitehttps://honeysucklemag.com/

Honeysuckle Media, Inc. is an American media company based in New York that publishes print and digital content. Founded in 2013 by filmmaker, journalist and publisher Ronit Pinto, Honeysuckle is known for reportage on controversial subjects and personal testimony.[1] Its chief verticals are racial politics and social justice, gender and sexuality, culture, and cannabis.

History

Ronit Pinto founded Honeysuckle in 2013.[2] Then based in Detroit, the publication was digital-only and centered on provocative arts, culture, and film. After the relocation of its headquarters to New York, Honeysuckle began publishing print editions in 2015, the first featuring a Detroit punk artist. Subsequent print and digital platform expansion led to national and international distribution by 2018. At the same time, the brand garnered attention for its coverage of the legal cannabis industry and legalization movements.[3][4][5]

In 2021, Green Market Report named Honeysuckle among the top Cannabis Print Publications.[6]

Notable features have included Spike Lee, Leonardo DiCaprio, Alan Cumming, Kirsten Dunst, Holly Hunter, Laganja Estranja, Congressman John Lewis, and veteran cannabis advocates Steve and Andrew DeAngelo, as well as the last interview of adult film performer Candida Royalle.

Social Justice

Honeysuckle regularly publishes first-person accounts from marginalized communities and incarcerated or formerly incarcerated citizens. Several stories, many in partnership with prisoners’ rights activist Shawanna Vaughn, founder of the nonprofit Silent Cry Inc., have helped raise awareness of inhumane conditions in the American criminal justice system.[7][8]

In 2020, Honeysuckle published an article on the case of California inmate DaReta Gail Steverson, who suffered from leukemia and COVID-19 and was deemed ineligible for parole despite her need of medical treatment. Public response to the Honeysuckle article generated a petition for Steverson’s release, ultimately garnering over 80,000 signatures. Steverson was given compassionate release from prison in November 2020.

A 2021 article on racial bias in the case of Matthew Baker, a 23-year-old Georgia man facing the death penalty for a quadruple homicide known as the “Bonfire Killings,” pointed to the lack of evidence tying Baker to the murders.[9] In response to the story, local politicians and activists began campaigning for Baker’s release. As of July 2021, the investigation into the murders is still ongoing.

In May 2021, the Washington State Department of Corrections banned a copy of Honeysuckle’s 420 print edition from being delivered to inmate Phillip Alvin Jones, on the grounds that the magazine’s cannabis content violated the institution’s mail policy. Further investigation into the case led to a debate in other media outlets regarding censorship in prisons.[10] Currently the Washington State Department of Corrections maintains its policy on banning cannabis publications.

Cannabis

Honeysuckle has spearheaded numerous initiatives to educate mainstream culture about the cannabis and hemp industries. Notably, the company launched the first campaign to display cannabis brands on Times Square billboards for the first time in history on December 31, 2018. Fifteen partner brands were featured, including Dasheeda Dawson of The WeedHead™, the first African American owner of a cannabis company to be showcased in that space. In 2021, in partnership with rapper Lil Wayne’s cannabis brand GKUA, Honeysuckle highlighted six women-owned companies on Times Square’s Thomson Reuters board. Featuring all-female and BIPOC brands and honoring the 50th anniversary of National Cannabis Day, the campaign included Idaho-based Tribal Hemp & Cannabis Magazine from the Indigenous Cannabis Coalition and Ontario-based Legacy 420, a First Nations retailer. This was the first Indigenous cannabis collaboration in Times Square history.

Awards

• New York State Assembly Citation Award (2019) • New York State Senate Certificate of Recognition (2019) • GlobalGiving Grant (The Red Backpack Fund, made possible by the Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation) (2020) • Global Good Foundation nomination (2021) • IndustryWired, Top 10 Most Successful Women Leaders to Follow in 2021 (Ronit Pinto) • Industry Era Women Leaders, 10 Most Successful Women Entrepreneurs in 2021 (Ronit Pinto)

External links

Official website

References

  1. ^ "Meet Ronit Pinto, the woman behind the media powerhouse Honeysuckle." Aspioneer. https://aspioneer.com/meet-ronit-pinto-the-woman-behind-the-media-powerhouse-honeysuckle/
  2. ^ "Ronit Pinto, Founder, Honeysuckle Magazine." Thinking Outside the Bud podcast. October 2019. https://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/podcast/015-ronit-pinto
  3. ^ "HoneyPot-Heads, Interview with Honeysuckle Magazine founder Ronit Pinto." New Hemp Times podcast. November 1, 2019. https://shows.acast.com/new-hemp-times/episodes/33-honeypot-heads-interview-with-honeysuckle-magazine-founde
  4. ^ "8 Women Leading the Charge in Cannabis Innovation." Cannabis Maven.
  5. ^ Ogles, Jacob. "Selling cannabis or hemp on Times Square? Florida company makes marketing history." Florida Politics. January 27, 2019. https://floridapolitics.com/archives/286565-selling-cannabis-on-times-square-florida-company-makes-marketing-history/
  6. ^ Borchardt, Debra. "The Top Print Publications in the Cannabis Industry." Green Market Report. June 8, 2021. https://www.greenmarketreport.com/the-top-print-publications-in-the-cannabis-industry/
  7. ^ Bukowski, Diane. "Coping with COVID-19 in Michigan Prisons: Rally by 'Silent Cry' Fri. Dec. 11 at Gus Harrison CF in Adrian." Voices of Detroit. December 10, 2020. https://voiceofdetroit.net/2020/12/10/coping-with-covid-19-in-michigan-prisons-rally-by-silent-cry-fri-dec-11-at-gus-harrison-cf-in-adrian/
  8. ^ Bukowski, Diane. "Do Prisoners' Lives Matter? 125 Now Dead, Half in Mich. Dept. of Corrections Infected with COVID-19." Voices of Detroit. January 19, 2021. https://voiceofdetroit.net/2021/01/19/do-prisoners-lives-matter-125-now-dead-half-in-mich-dept-of-corrections-infected-with-covid-19/
  9. ^ Womack, Kalyn. "Justice for Matthew Baker: Racial Bias Could Send an Innocent Man to Death Row." Honeysuckle Magazine. July 12, 2021. https://honeysucklemag.com/matthew-baker-racial-bias-innocent/
  10. ^ "Honeysuckle's Blockage by Washington State Penitentiary Sheds Light on Phillip Alvin Jones and Prison Censorship." Benzinga. July 21, 2021. https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/21/07/22052443/honeysuckles-blockage-by-washington-state-penitentiary-sheds-light-on-phillip-alvin-jones-and-pr
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